The "News of the Weird" Thread

[JimG.]

I guess when I am 94 years old, I will only get to the toilet maximum if I live.
Everyone should have the same health as hers)

There are times I think she may be an extraterrestrial.

 

[jimk]

Another bummer from the year of 2020: Fungie the solitary dolphin, a 37-year-mainstay of Dingle Harbour in County Kerry, Ireland, has gone missing and has likely died. He was more than just an animal to the locals. He was a world renowned and beloved tourist attraction. This gets filed under news of the weird because it's extremely rare for a dolphin to remain in the geographically small zone of a single harbor for practically an entire lifespan. Bottlenose dolphins normally live about 30-40 years in the wild.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54602337

 

[jimk]

Longer read, but an interesting account of a weird world involving witness protection & delusional disorder:

‘The Story of a Weird World I Was Warned Never to Tell’

Pauline Dakin's childhood in Canada in the 1970s was full of secrets, disruption and unpleasant surprises. She wasn't allowed to talk about her family life with anyone - and it wasn't until she was 23 that she was told why.

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